The Sixers' plan is stupid. It's not disgraceful. It's not wrong. Losing 26 games in a row last year -- or 17 in a row this year -- isn't some kind of moral plague on the NBA. There's nothing evil about drafting Joel Embiid ...

LOS ANGELES -- As the season drags out, Lakers Nation is divided. Do the Los Angeles Lakers' fans want to the team to keep losing and improve its chances of keeping its first-round draft pick? Or do they want to win regardless of the draft implica...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- The 2014-15 Los Angeles Lakers are in unfamiliar territory. Not only are they riding a surprising three-game win streak, but perhaps more impressive, they're doing so because of their defense, which has been a historic weakne...

Wesley Johnson is in the latter portion of his second season with the Los Angeles Lakers and 2014-15 has been as inconsistent as 2013-14. "We all have problems trying to understand Wesley. For three or four games, he plays terrific. The next game ...

LOS ANGELES -- Jordan Clarkson is listed at 185 pounds, which is super nice of whoever comes up these sort of things. On the court against the spidery Michael Carter-Williams on Friday, it looked as though the Bucks' point guard could wrap his 6-f...

LOS ANGELES -- Big Game Wayne Ellington? After missing all six of his attempts from the field through the first three quarters, the journeyman guard came alive in the fourth, shooting 6-for-7 and scoring all 14 of his points to rally the Los Angel...

BOSTON -- The NBA rescinded one of the two technical fouls that led to Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas' ejection in his debut against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Referee Tony Brothers tagged Thomas with consecutive technical fouls leading...

Each week, ESPN.com Lakers beat writer Baxter Holmes, along with ESPN.com NBA writers Ramona Shelburne and Arash Markazi, will weigh in on three questions that are on the minds of Los Angeles Lakers followers. 1. Are Kobe Bryant and Byron Scott...